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AU PMB MS 212
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- 1844 - 1854 (Creation)
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Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200
For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>ELIZA ANN; ?Chever; 1846-47; Continued from reel PMB 211<BR>SAMOA; Archer; 1845-; Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands, Fiji, Manila<BR>AUSTRALIA; ?; 1852-54; Australia<BR>COMMISSARY; ?; 1844; (not copied)<BR>ELIZA ANN; ?Chever; 1845; Australia<BR>THOMAS W. SEAERS; Osgood; 1852-53; California; China<BR>LOUISIANA; Drew/Crosby; 1851-53; ?<BR>COLUMBIA; Silsbee; 1850-51; Pacific Ocean<BR>SHIRLEY; Snell; 1852-53; Australia, Manila<BR>FRANCIS WHITNEY; Silver; 1852; South America, Tahiti, East Indies ?; ?; 1853-54; Australia<BR>Of special interest on this reel is the discovery of a number of small islands at 4X30'S, 159X17'E by the SHIRLEY; 1852-53
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The contents of this microfilm may be used for personal research purposes only, including the making of copies by photographic or similar means. Reasonable quotations may be made subject to full acknowledgement being given to the author and holding institution. For more extensive use of the work or any reproductions, written permission must be obtained from the Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum Harvard.
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Essex Institute, 132 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. 01970, now Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Harvard.
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ms212